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OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

MULTICULTURAL CENTER

FY 2020-2021 ANNUAL REPORT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Executive Summary 03

II. Points of Pride 04

III. General Information a. Mission/Core Values/Organization Chart 06 b. MC Overall Summary 07 c. Events Summary by Platforms 08 d. Webpage Data 09 e. Social Media Data 10

IV. Programs and Services by Center Areas

a. Cultural Celebrations 12 b. Student Success & Outreach 24 c. Diversity Education 33

V. Professional Staff Activity a. University Committee Service 39 b. Presentations 41 c. Travel/Professional Development 42 d. Addendum 43

VI. End 44

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This year marked a different type of year for the Multicultural Center for the first time it was all virtual. The Multicultural Center’s (MC) services and programming went virtual, due to COVID-19 and the campus shut down. During this digital pivot, we were able to continue to provide programming, education and opportunity for our students and the campus community. Although, many of our signature programs took on a different look and feel our constituents remained faithful and supportive. During this time of a virtual Center, we were able to provide over 98 programs, with approximately 5,561 in attendance virtually. We were able to stay connected to students, staff and faculty through various streams of technology and platforms as well as through our website. We experienced over 16,788 visits and 37,215 views on our interactive website. As we experienced a new normal of operating in a virtual world, we learned both positive and negative lessons. We learned that our virtual programs offered us an opportunity to reach speakers and panelist which drew large viewership. However, we lost the connection and connectivity with our students due to not having any in person events. Now, we have transitioned back to campus and will continue to offer some programming virtual and some in person, more of a hybrid model. I am proud of our AMAZING Staff who have worked tirelessly to provide support and programs for our students and constituents in multiple ways during these times. Our commitment to the university and the Multicultural Center has only grown deeper during this pandemic. Arthur Gregg Assistant Vice President/Multicultural Affairs Director/Multicultural Center

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POINTS OF PRIDE __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS MLK Dream Week The Multicultural Center (MC) held its Martin Luther King, Jr. Dream Week virtually. Although, it was the first virtual Dr. King, the Celebration breakfast the program was a huge success. Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew, speaker, author and Vice-President of Community Alliance for the State Fair of Texas was this year’s keynote speaker. Dr. Booker-Drew educated our campus on “Moving from Injustice to Justice” following the example set by Dr. King’s leadership for and other just causes. She urged viewers to not only seek education, but exercise action in uplifting the downtrodden so that all may unite for a better America. Following the breakfast, the MC partnered with the Office of Student Volunteerism to host its first-ever virtual day of service. Activities included the creation of virtual greeting cards for first responders and senior citizens, and reflections on Dr. King’s commitment to serving the “Beloved Community.” Juneteenth Week of Celebration The Multicultural Center (MC) created a weeklong celebration commemorating the Juneteenth Holiday for 2021. The MC assisted the Living Our values taskforce, Black Faculty Staff Alliance (BFSA) ERG & Office of Communications into developing a campus wide marketing plan to inform the campus of the Juneteenth holiday and variety of accompanying celebrations. Event highlights included the BFSA Juneteenth kickoff, Trivia night, Instagram Cookoff, Juneteenth Book Club, and the perennial Celebration featuring Activist Vickie Washington Nance and DJ Texas Tip. DIVERSITY EDUCATION Classroom Presentations The Multicultural Center’s Diversity Education Team provided approximately 35 virtual presentations on various topics around diversity to almost 1,200 students. We were able to transition to all virtual while maintaining the high level of quality presentations. The presentation topics offered were the following: Diversity 101, Microaggressions, Cultural Competency for student employees and Implicit Bias. We are glad to say that an average of 88% of students rated these presentations above average on our overall rating scale. Comet Cultural Conversation Series A new initiative for the Multicultural Center this year was the Comet Cultural Conversation Series. This virtual series was birthed out of the conversations that came out of the Black Lives Matters workshop held in 2020. This year’s series topic was designed to explore systemic racism and targeted the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. Each session included special guest speakers, interactive group dialogues and opportunities to learn more about the immediate area. The Center hosted 4 sessions with a total attendance of 225 students, staff, faculty, and community guest. We are proud to report that 87% of participants in attendance reported an increase in knowledge of systemic racism by attending these programs.

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STUDENT SUCCESS

Student Leadership Weekends

The Multicultural Center had to pivot this year and hold all of our student leadership weekends virtually (Operation: I AM, VOICES and our new program M.O.V.E. for Asian American Pacific Islander Students). Over thirty-nine (39) students attended the Operation I Am: Black Student Leadership Weekend. This year’s theme was “Strengthening Our Community”. Over fifty-nine (59) students attended the VOICES: Hispanic Student Leadership Weekend. Over thirty-three (33) students attended our very first AAPI program M.O.V.E. Asian American Pacific Islander Student Leadership Retreat. One student quoted "I realized that I have certain ways of thinking from the environments I grew up in that aren't necessarily beneficial or could even be harmful to certain communities and learning to dismantle that started here at M.O.V.E." All programs were filled with fun and informative sessions to connect students to all aspects of academic and campus life.

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GENERAL INFORMATION __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MISSION STATEMENT The Multicultural Center is committed to providing a variety of quality cultural programs, education resources, leadership opportunities and support services that enhance the ability of UT Dallas students to achieve success in their academic, personal and work lives. CORE VALUES

Diversity: We believe that inclusive environments enhance educational experiences and create successful academic outcomes.

Excellence: We pride ourselves on achieving a high standard of quality programs & services which provide the utmost satisfaction.

Student-Focused: We value student involvement, engagement & feedback to provide programs & services that shape the cultural experience of our campus.

Collaboration: We value intentional partnerships at all levels that assist us in service of our students, UTD campus & greater community.

Integrity: We maintain an ethical, professional & just methodology of leadership and service.

STAFF ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

Assistant Director Danny Cordova

Assistant Director Bruce August

Assistant Director Destiney Tolbert

Admin. Assistant Monica Franco

Coordinator Klarissa Perez

Coordinator Adrienne Watson

Student Employee Office Assistants (2)

Student Success Assistant (2)

Multicultural Peer Advocate (4)

Diversity Peer Educator (1)

Assist. VP/Director Arthur Gregg

Marketing Assistant (2)

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MULTICULTURAL CENTER

OVERALL SUMMARY

PROGRAMS, ATTENDANCE, & SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT

98 Programs

5,561 in Attendance

5,839 Actions of Engagement

Center Area of Focus Programs Attendance Engagement (Chat, Reactions,

Likes, Comments & Shares) Cultural Celebrations 30 3,784 3,899 Diversity Education 45 1,538 231 Student Success & Outreach 23 1,237 1,709 Total 98 5,561 5,839

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EVENTS LISTING AND PLATFORM

Event(s) Platform(s) Registered Attendance

Engagement (Chat, Reactions, Likes, Comments

& Shares) Achieving the Dream YouTube-Facebook - 376 613 AHC Teams - 30 64 Bailamos Mindbody-YouTube 30 - BHM Kickoff YouTube-Facebook - 150 85 C&C: Homecoming Netflix Watch 20 5 - CCC: Harold Steward Teams 95 70 21 CCC: Jerry Hawkins Teams 77 60 27 CCC: Priscilla Escobedo Teams 174 60 128 CCC: Stephanie Drenka Teams 47 35 16 Dia De Los Muertos YouTube-Facebook - 101 234

Diversity Presentations (35) Teams & Blackboard - 1,193 -

Harambee YouTube-Facebook N/A 127 298 HHC Kickoff Instagram - - 260 HHM Celebration YouTube-Facebook - 254 916 Jugando Juntos Teams - 25 60 Juneteenth Celebration YouTube-Facebook - 272 435 Juneteenth: Storytime Teams - 56 106 Juneteenth: Who Got Game? Teams - 17

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Let's Talk About it Teams - 10 41 LLG YouTube-Facebook N/A 228 467 LNY: Dinner & A Show YouTube-Facebook - 274 171 Lunar New year: Cultural Finale YouTube-Facebook - 452

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MAC YouTube-Facebook 97 557 787 Mas Fuerte Contigo YouTube-Facebook - 237 247 Mixing It up Multiracial Mixer Teams - 10

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MLK Breakfast YouTube-Facebook - 635 434 MOVE Teams 22 33 155 Op I Am Teams 56 39 266 SBSLC Canceled - - - SCOLA n/a 18 13 - The Big Dinner YouTube-Facebook - 336 381 The Royal Pursuit Teams - 27 44 The Truth: Black Wall Street YouTube-Facebook - 291 132 Trap Yoga Teams - 15 28 Vamos a Votar Teams - 10 33 Vivir Dos Veces NetFlix - 25 40 VOICES Teams 64 59 475 Welcome Back Block Party Postponed - - -

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WISE (18) Teams 142 181 385 WTD: Isa ibn Matta Teams 36 26 - WTD: Jacqueline Prince Teams 21 27 6 WTD: Jasmine Hunt Teams 37 23 14 WTD: Monica Cox Teams 23 39 19 Total 929 209 6,963

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WEBPAGE __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERALL WEBPAGE ANALYTICS * The Multicultural Center changed to a new url (http://multicultural.utdallas.edu) in March of 2021, effectively replacing (www.utdallas.edu/multicultural ). This change was required by the Office of Communications.

MC Pages Visits Views 64 16,788 37,215

GOOGLE ANALYTICS-TOP TEN MULTICULTURAL CENTER PAGES

Sept. 1, 2019 – Aug. 31, 2020 Sept. 1, 2020 – Aug. 31, 2021

FY2020 FY2021

Page Visits Views Page Visits Views Home 2,065 4,621 Home 4,129 9,420 Cultural Celebrations

516 1,453 Black History Month

1,877 4,642

Programs & Services

529 1,178 Calendar

1,328 3,011

Calendar 380 813 Dream Week 1,306 3,071 Comet Calendar Feed

197 505 Programs & Services

740 1,627

Comet Calendar Feed-European Heritage Event

367 435 Cultural Celebrations

716 1,988

Comet Calendar 30 day Feed

88 291 Hispanic Heritage Month

595 957

Weekend Leadership Experiences

52 140 Diversity Education

569 1,520

Comet Calendar Feed-September

65 151 About Us

435 1,076

Comet Calendar Feed-October

52 140 Our Staff

422 908

4,837 10,863 12,117 28,220

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SOCIAL MEDIA __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM

Followers Reach1 Likes, Comments & Shares Total 4,855 110,258 6,452

1- Reach is the number of people who received impressions of a Page post. TWITTER

Twitter Tweets Tweet Impressions Mentions

Total 166 53,512 61 1- Impressions are the number of people who saw the tweet appear in their feed or timeline. YOUTUBE

Views Watch time Tweet Impressions Subscribers

4,465 562.1 Hours 53,512 +66

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CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS

Bruce August, Jr. Assistant Director

Programming & Marketing

Adrienne Watson Coordinator

Programs & Events

TOTAL PROGRAMS = 30 TOTAL ATTENDANCE = 3,784

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CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PROGRAMS/ATTENDANCE

Group

Programs Attendance Registered Chat, Reactions & Comments Af. American 5 819 28 161 Hispanic 9 1,058 125 164 Asian 3 756 27 124 European - - - - Native American - - - - Mixed Heritage 4 50 24 - Juneteenth 6 401 5 165 MLK Jr. Breakfast 2 695 - 66 Speaker Series - - - - Co-Sponsor - - - - UTD Traditions - - - - Total 30 3,784 209 680

Events by Culture Group

African-American Attendance Black History Month Kickoff: I Am My Ancestor’s Wildest Dream 150 The Truth: Black Wall Street and Entrepreneurship Panel 291 The Royal Pursuit: Pursuing Black Excellence 27 Trap Yoga 15 The Big Dinner: African-American Heritage Celebration 336

Hispanic Attendance Hispanic Heritage Month Kickoff - ¡Bailamos! 30 Netflix Watch Party: Vivir Dos Veces 25 ¡Vamos a Votar! (“Let’s Go Vote!”) 10 Jugando Juntos Game Night 25 Achieving the Dream Latinx Professional Panel 376 Mas Fuerte Contigo (“Stronger with You”) Ally Panel 237 Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 254 Dia De Los Muertos Celebration 101

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Asian Attendance Lunar New Year: Dinner and A Show 274 Lunar New Year: Cultural Finale 452 Asian Heritage Celebration 30

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European Attendance European Heritage Celebration N/A Native American Attendance Native American Heritage Celebration N/A Mixed Heritage Attendance Mixed Company: Multiracial Student Mixer 10 Multiracial in America: Life of a Mixed Kid Workshop 20 Mixing It Up: Multiracial Student Mixer 10 Let’s Talk About It: The State of Multiracial Matters 10 Juneteenth Attendance Juneteenth Storytime: Children’s Books 17 Juneteenth Storytime: Young Adults Books 18 Juneteenth Storytime: Graphic Novels/Science fiction/Other 12 Juneteenth Storytime: Adult Books 9 Juneteenth: Who Got Game? 17 Juneteenth Celebration 272 MLK Breakfast Attendance MLk Day of Service 65 MLK Celebration Breakfast 635 Speaker Series* Attendance (data included in main event numbers) Co-Sponsor Attendance (data included in main event numbers) UTD Traditions Attendance Welcome Back Block Party Postponed

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CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS - EVENT SUMMARIES AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROGRAMS Title: I Am My Ancestor’s Wildest Dream Kickoff Registration: N/A Attendance: 135 Objective: To introduce the Black History month to the UT Dallas campus and allow current students to share what it means to be their ancestors’ dream. Event Summary: An event to kick off our 2021 Black History Month Celebration where we showcased some of our Black student leaders answer the question about what it means to be their ancestors’ wildest dream and what they are doing to fulfill it. Recommendations: N/A Title: The Truth: Black Wall Street and Entrepreneurship Panel Registration: N/A Attendance: 124 Objective: To celebrate Black History Month by commemorating the 100th anniversary of the destruction of Black Wall Street (widely known as the Tulsa Race Massacre), and learn about entrepreneurship from Black entrepreneurs in the DFW area. Event Summary: This event included a Black Wall Street presentation by Warren Fuselier and a panel discussion on entrepreneurship. Several panelists were hand-selected to share their insight and experiences in the world of business as owners of their own companies. Matt Houston, Alyson Rae Lawson, Katrina Keyes, and Kevin Mondy made up the panel and shared their expertise ranging from marketing to running a franchise. The purpose of this program was to shed light on a historical moment while also acknowledging the present with Black leaders that could inspire our UTD community. Recommendations: Discuss and show more about Black Wall Street and allow for discussion from audience. Title: The Royal Pursuit: Pursuing Black Excellence Registration: 28 Attendance: 27 Objective: To highlight some of the Black Faculty, Staff, and Alumni so that students can know who they are. Event Summary: The Royal Pursuit: Pursuing Black Excellence was an event for UTD students to get acquainted with some of the faculty, staff, and alumni on and off campus. A panel discussion took place where each panelist answered questions that would help attendees navigate their academic and professional careers. A lot of insight was shared from the five panelists, including Reshina Warren, Dr. Roderick Hunter, Dr. Alicia Makaye, Dr. Chadwin Young, and Dr. Stephanie Adams. To conclude the event, a Q&A portion followed the panel discussion as a way for attendees to connect with the panelists. Recommendations: Create

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Title: Trap Yoga Registration: N/A Attendance: 15 Objective: To highlight the importance of health and wealth in regards to our bodies and to shed light on how to take care of our bodies using a spin on traditional yoga. Event Summary: Our yoga instructor walked attendees through meditation, breathing techniques, and yoga poses while listening to trap music. Attendees learned how to reflect and relax their bodies when in stressful situations. Recommendations: Nothing, can’t wait to do it in person. Title: The Big Dinner-African-American Heritage Celebration Registration: N/A Attendance: 244 Objective: To celebrate Black History Month with an educational, family-style dinner. Event Summary: The Big Dinner is the annual Black history Month Celebration hosted by the Multicultural Center. This year’s event featured a cultural dance by Diandra Nelson from the African Student Union, a recorded poem recital by Amanda Gorman, a gospel performance by the St. Luke “Community” UMC Ministry, and Deja Rollins as a keynote speaker. Rollins spoke on principles that we should uphold to combat systems of injustice using the word D.R.E.A.M. as an acronym for us all to remember as leaders. Although food was not provided this year, a good helping of inspiration and entertainment was served throughout the night. Recommendations: Longer program. Have the opportunity to hear from more African-American speakers on how to serve the community. HISPANIC PROGRAMS Title: HHM Kickoff Registration: N/A Attendance: 247 Objective: Kickoff our month-long virtual celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Event Summary: This was a video featuring the HHM Planning Committee organizations that was posted to the MC IG account. Several members were able to share what being Latinx meant to them. Members also decided to make a call of action to create a more inclusive environment at UTD. The video also presented our HHM theme for 2020: Mas Fuertes Unidos. Recommendations: N/A Title: ¡Bailamos! Registration: 15 Attendance: 30 Objective: To have attendees explore different Latinx dances and follow a professional dance instructor as they lead a class on Merengue and Bachata. Event Summary: A dance class was held virtually through the Mindbody Platform and YouTube where attendees could follow along. A professional dance instructor guided attendees through the significance and origin of the Merengue and Bachata dances. Class started with a Merengue warm-up and ended with a full Bachata lesson. Recommendations: Have easier access to register for the event instead of multiple steps. Platform was difficult to navigate. Audio was a little hard to hear; have everyone turn on their cameras.

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Title: Netflix Watch Party: Vivir Dos Veces Registration: 23 Attendance: 25 Objective: To host a watch party where attendees could watch a movie together and have casual conversation through the chat throughout the program. Event Summary: Attendees were able to watch the movie and chat in a chat box simultaneously using Netflix Watch Party. The movie featured a story about Emilio, his daughter, and his granddaughter who embark on a crazy journey to find the love of his youth before he succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease. This event generated a lot of participation in the chat and several people were able to relate to the movie. Many participants thoroughly enjoyed the movie and event set-up. Recommendations: Pick a fun movie. Definitely comedies and movies in different languages. Title: ¡Vamos a Votar! (“Let’s Go Vote!”) Registration: 17 Attendance: 10 Objective: To host a civic engagement informational on the topic of voting. Provide the audience a voter guide and resources to assist them in registering, researching candidates, and voting. Event Summary: Student organizations, LULAC and Jolt, presented information on all things voting. Topics like voter registration, voter guides, researching candidates, and opportunities to mobilize voters was presented to the audience. The presentation was shareable and therefore was able to be sent to whoever was not able to attend or for attendees to save in order to refer to at a later time. Recommendations: Maybe go a little slower. Wished more people would attend. Title: Jugando Juntos Game Night Registration: 35 Attendance: 25 Objective: To provide a fun and relaxing environment where attendees could play several rounds of Loteria and Trivia to compete for prizes. Event Summary: Attendees were able to play three rounds of trivia featuring the topic of Latinx pop culture, history, and more. They were also able to play several rounds of Loteria and learn its cultural significance. Attendees were excited and pumped to have a chance at winning some prizes! Recommendations: Kahoot was difficult to use. Maybe have more games. Title: Achieving the Dream Latinx Professional Panel Registration: N/A Attendance: 40 Objective: To host a panel with Latinx professional panelists to share their experiences in higher education, careers, and personal lives. Event Summary: Hosted via Streamyard and available to view through YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch. Attendees were able to hear from Latinx professionals and how they navigate their identities and careers. Panelists offered insight on how to succeed in their careers. A Q&A was held, and attendees were able to ask the panelists for any professional advice they were seeking. Recommendations: N/A.

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Title: Mas Fuerte Contigo (“Stronger with You”) Ally Panel Registration: 35 Attendance: 25 Objective: To host a panel with Latinx community leaders to discuss prevalent issues and steps to becoming an ally for the Latinx community. Event Summary: Hosted via Streamyard and available to view through YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch. Latinx Community Leaders shared with our attendees about their experiences with representation, immigration and xenophobia, and discrimination. They shared their insight on how to better advocate for and be an ally to the Latinx community. A Q&A was held, and attendees were able to ask our panelists questions to better understand the topics or allyship. Recommendations: More time to continue the discussions. Title: HHM Celebration Registration: N/A Attendance: 40 Objective: To host a virtual event where attendees can watch student performances and a Latinx inspirational speaker to celebrate and conclude the end of HHM. Event Summary: Hosted via Streamyard and available to view through YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch. This event concluded our month-long celebration of HHM. We played student performances for our audience and asked them to share with us what their favorite part of HHM was. Dr. Jose Luis Zelaya delivered an inspirational speech to our attendees to encourage them to continue pursuing their education and careers. Dr. Zelaya provided insight through sharing his experiences and advice with our attendees on how to tackle personal obstacles. A Q&A was hosted with Dr. Zelaya for students to engage with him and ask personal questions about persevering through tough circumstances. Recommendations: Have student performers go at the end. A variety of topics. Title: Dia De Los Muertos Celebration Registration: N/A Attendance: 76 Objective: To host a virtual Dia De Los Muertos Celebration where attendees could learn more about the holiday and how it’s celebrated. Event Summary: Hosted via Streamyard and available to view through YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch. A Dia De Los Muertos Celebration was hosted for students to learn more about the holiday’s significance and for students to have an opportunity to celebrate it with one another. Attendees were able to learn about the different elements of an Ofrenda and were able to honor passed souls on our virtual Ofrenda presentation. Tutorials and demonstrations on how to make papel picado, paper marigold flowers, and face painted Catrina were played for the audience. We also had a musical performance by Mariachi that the audience thoroughly enjoyed. Recommendations: More interactions. A reminder to get the supplies for the crafts/activities. Mariachi band sound was fuzzy and hard to hear.

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MULTIRACIAL PROGRAMS Title: Mixed Company: Multiracial Student Mixer Registration: 4 Attendance: 10 Objective: To provide a social setting for students to connect with each other, learn and discuss more about the multiracial community, and tell the community about the upcoming events for the month. Event Summary: The Mixer was a gathering where individuals shared and communicated with each other, participated in a virtual scavenger hunt, and learned about the Multicultural Center while also engaging in discussion. Recommendations: More advertisement to get more students to attend. Title: Multiracial in America: Life of a Mixed Kid Workshop Registration: 16 Attendance: 20 Objective: To educate students about the Multiracial community and struggles they go through while growing up in America, and to provide a facilitated discussion for students to ask questions and learn more about multiracialism. Event Summary: This event was a workshop regarding the struggles and experiences that multiracial people go through in America. Guest speaker Dr. Stella Mulberry Antic provided insight through her experiences growing up, and there was facilitated discussion. A TED Talk by Veronica Clay was shown regarding the topic, and our target audience was all students, as this event's goal was to inform and engage attendees of the topic. Recommendations: N/A Title: Mixing It Up: Multiracial Student Mixer Registration: 4 Attendance: 10 Objective: Host a mixer where multiracial students can meet new people and learn about the MC’s multiracial programming and Multiracial Advisory Committee (M.A.C.) Event Summary: The event began with an introduction of the Multicultural Center’s purpose of Multiracial Programs followed by the expectations of the mixer. Then an icebreaker was conducted where attendees could list their favorite music album and introduce themselves. Next, attendees were split into groups and asked to work together as a team to create a concept map for a “fusion cuisine” restaurant of their own. Groups were able to present their ideas and what inspired them. This activity was followed by a debrief where attendees discussed how the activity reflected multiracial and multicultural identities, and what they learned from it. Finally, the event was closed by a short presentation on the Multiracial Advisory Committee (M.A.C). Recommendations: N/A Title: Let’s Talk About It: The State of Multiracial Matters Registration: N/A Attendance: 10 Objective: Host a forum where attendees can engage in conversation and express their opinions on the state of Multiracial matters on campus. This was hosted to better understand the Multiracial student community and how we can better serve them. Event Summary: The event started with an introduction of the MC, its purpose with Multiracial programming, and the expectations for attendees throughout the event. Then a brief explanation of the forum and purpose of it was given, with a summary of the past events that have been

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hosted for Multiracial programming. Then attendees had an opportunity to introduce themselves and participate in an icebreaker. Finally, the discussion began, and the floor opened for attendees to answer a series of questions in regard to Multiracial representation, programs, and outreach. Attendees were able to share their opinions, thoughts, and ideas with our staff on how we can improve our outreach and programs. At the end, the event was concluded with upcoming events and a survey for attendees to fill out and let us know how we did and how they enjoyed the program. Recommendations: Explain the definition of multiracial. The email to join did not work. ASIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE PROGRAMS Title: Lunar New Year Celebration 2021: Year of the Ox Registration: N/A Attendance: 477 Objective: To the celebrate the arrival of new moon and the subsequent festivals in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Japanese, Korea and other countries. Celebrate Lunar New Year and give a platform for students, student organizations, and professional performers to showcase their talents and learn about other Asian cultures. Event Summary: This event was in collaboration with several Asian student organizations and to plan the Lunar New Year Celebration this year. The event consisted of student performances, a fashion show, a vlog showing life in Korea, recipe videos, and a lion dance show to highlight Asian culture. Recommendations: We should have one event and not two separate days. More performances. Maybe a longer program, it was short. Typo for one of the members. Title: Asian Heritage Celebration 2021: Our Culture. Our Voice. Registration: 27 Attendance: 30 Objective: To the celebrate all of the Asian communities represented at UT Dallas and to allow attendees the opportunity to learn more about the Asian student organizations on campus. Event Summary: This event was in collaboration with the East and South Asian student organizations to plan the annual Asian Heritage Celebration. This event allowed the student organizations to host breakout rooms with games and activities designed to educate the attendees about their culture. Students switched between rooms and had the opportunity to learn about the Asian cultures and organizations. Recommendations: Allow anyone to join with a link instead of the registration system. NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE PROGRAMS Title: Native American Heritage Social Media Campaign Registration: N/A Attendance: N/A Objective: To educate the UT Dallas community about the Native American culture and heritage. Event Summary: The Multicultural Peer Advocates researched different Native American cultures and specific facts and posted a description with images to the Multicultural Center’s social media page.

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JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WEEK Title: Juneteenth Storytime: Children’s Books Registration: N/A Attendance: 17 Objective: To educate and inform the UT Dallas community about the different Black/African American authors and their works, and to highlight various books throughout the week. Event Summary: Attendees listened and learned about children’s books and heard an excerpt from one book read by our host for the day. Recommendations: Add more detail to story time listings so everyone knows what to expect. Title: Juneteenth Storytime: Young Adults Books Registration: N/A Attendance: 18 Objective: To educate and inform the UT Dallas community about the different Black/African American authors and their works, and to highlight various books throughout the week. Event Summary: Attendees listened and learned about young adults’ books and heard an excerpt from one book read by our host for the day. Recommendations: Nothing, it was perfect. Title: Juneteenth Storytime: Graphic Novels/Science fiction/Other Registration: N/A Attendance: 12 Objective: To educate and inform the UT Dallas community about the different Black/African American authors and their works, and to highlight various books throughout the week. Event Summary: Attendees listened and learned about graphic novels, science fiction and other books and heard an excerpt from one book read by our host for the day. Recommendations: Nothing. Title: Juneteenth Storytime: Adult Books Registration: N/A Attendance: 9 Objective: To educate and inform the UT Dallas community about the different Black/African American authors and their works, and to highlight various books throughout the week. Event Summary: Attendees listened and learned about the adult books and heard an excerpt from one book read by our host for the day. Recommendations: It was perfect; I wouldn’t change anything. Title: Juneteenth Who Got Game? Registration: N/A Attendance: 17 Objective: To host and educate attendees with fun and engaging games with a Juneteenth theme. Event Summary: Attendees played several games throughout the evening; Kahoot, Bingo, and Culture Tags. Each game was hosted by a Juneteenth committee member and participants were able to test their knowledge and skills about Juneteenth. Recommendations: Nothing; I would make the Kahoot a little shorter.; Background sound, but not a big deal, we're doing it virtually and there is only so much you can control there.

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Title: Juneteenth Celebration Registration: N/A Attendance: 170 Objective: To host a lively, virtual Juneteenth celebration where attendees could learn more about the Juneteenth holiday and why it is celebrated. Event Summary: This program took place on StreamYard and had several performances, a guest speaker, live DJ, and two amazing hosts. Attendees were able to learn more about Juneteenth and opportunities around the DFW area to learn more about the Blac/African-American culture. Recommendations: This was an incredible program!!; Sound issues? Booker T Washington section sound was weird?; Nothing; Maybe 30 more minutes? Lol; Loved the whole program! If anything, the only recommendation would be in presenting the DJ during the music portion, but considering the times there weren't options. I think it was wonderful! EUROPEAN HERITAGE PROGRAMS Title: European Heritage Celebration Social Media Campaign Registration: N/A Attendance: N/A Objective: To educate the UT Dallas community about the different European countries and their heritage. Event Summary: The Multicultural Peer Advocates researched different European cultures and specific facts and posted a description with images to the Multicultural Center’s social media page. Recommendations: N/A

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DREAM WEEK Title: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Registration: 60 Attendance: 65 Objective: To strengthen communities, bridge barriers, create solutions to social problems, and move us closer to Dr. King's vision of a "Beloved Community. Summary: – In January of 2021, the Multicultural Center collaborated with the Office of Student Volunteerism to create a virtual 5th annual MLK day of service to honor the legacy of late Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Held in conjunction with the National Day of Service, this event brought together students from across the university for a “Day on, Not a Day off.” About 65 students attended virtually to create digital greeting cards for first responders and senior citizens who were stuck in senior citizen homes and could not receive visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendations: Provide more discussion around the legacy of Dr. King’s service; Created socially distanced service opportunities. Title: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Breakfast Registration: N/A Attendance: 675 Objectives: Educate and celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Provide an opportunity to honor Dr. King and celebrate diversity. Educate the campus on ways to continue to strive for diversity and community service/awareness. Summary: In January of 2021, the Multicultural Center held its second annual and first virtual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dream Week. Albeit the first virtual UTD celebration for Dr. King, the Celebration breakfast featured a diverse cast of presenters and keynote speaker, Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew, speaker, author and Vice-President of Community Alliance for the State Fair of Texas. Dr. Booker-Drew educated our campus on “Moving from Injustice to Justice” following the example set by Dr. King’s leadership for and other just causes. She urged viewers to not only seek education, but exercise action in uplifting the downtrodden so that all may unite for a better America. Recommendations: Try to bring Dr. Booker-Drew to campus in-person for a future event.

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STUDENT SUCCESS AND

OUTREACH

Destiney Tolbert Assistant Director

Student Success & Outreach

TOTAL PROGRAMS: 23

TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 1,125 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Underrepresented Minorities (URM). The goal of URM retention is to positively affect the retention and graduation rate of African American and Hispanic Students. Total Programs: 23 Attendance: 1,125

Program 19-20 20-21 Programs Attendance Programs Attendance Operation I Am: Black Student Leadership Weekend

1 128 1 39

VOICES: Hispanic Student Leadership Weekend

1 48 1 59

Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference (SBSLC)

1 33 1 -

Big XII Conference on Black Student Government

- - 1 8

Student Conference on Latino Affairs (SCOLA)

1 - 1 13

Women In Social Engagement 14 70 14 181 Harambee Dinner & Awards 1 360 1 127 Latinx Leadership Gala 1 304 1 210 Multicultural Achievement Ceremony

1 271 1 488

When Enough is Enough 1 250 1 - Hanging in the MC 1 31 1 - Total 23 1,395 23 1,125

*March 13, 2019 -Last day on campus *COVID-19 Virtual Programs Additional Data Program Platform RSVP/Registrations Chat/Comments WISE Microsoft

Teams 142 335

Harambee Youtube No registration required 44 HLB Youtube No registration required 229 Multicultural Achievement Ceremony

Youtube No registration required 73

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RETENTION PROGRAM SUMMARIES AFRICAN AMERICAN PROGRAMS

Student Organizations

BSA BC NSBE ASU NSA HSU MAPS Kurlfriends AKA AΦA ΔΣΘ ΣΓΡ NPHC

Black Student Alliance Black Congress National Society of Black Engineers African Student Union Nigerian Student Association Habesha Student Union Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students Kurlfriends Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated National Pan-Hellenic Council

Title: Operation I Am: Black Student Leadership Weekend 2020 Registration: 56 Attendance: 39 Objective: Operation I Am is a leadership weekend for UTD students within the African American community to connect, compete and learn about services and resources on campus. Event Summary: Operation I AM 2020 was a virtual event held on Friday, September 11, 2020. The program served as a community building event. Program marketing and advertisement targeted new and returning African and African American undergraduate students through UTD email, social media, campus media, African and African American student organizations along with outreach with the Undergraduate Success Scholars program within the Office of Undergraduate Education and to members of the African American Student Success Taskforce. New and returning students participated in workshops, activities, speakers and resourceful informational sessions. A Kahoot Activity was introduced this year, the goal was to increase students’ knowledge of campus resources, black history and UTD fun facts. Students also participated in breakout sessions and general sessions from keynote speaker LaDondra Wilson, Vice President of Social Responsibility and Executive Director of The Dallas Wings Community Foundation, the Career Center, and Student Counseling Center. There was a panel of UTD faculty speakers who provided new and continuing students with advice and information for student success at and outside of UT Dallas. Recommendations: Continue to showcase our Black professors and include more interactions and games.

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Title: Women in Social Engagement, Discussion Group Registration: 142 Attendance: 181 Objective: Women in Social Engagement (WISE) is a women of color discussion group developed as a collaborative effort from the Student Counseling Center and the Multicultural Center. Event Summary: The WISE program designed for URM women to build community together and to provide a brave space for dialogue and support. WISE was created to continue that safe space for all URM women on campus. WISE offered students multiple opportunities to meet with members of the Multicultural Center and the Student Counseling Center and speak to issues important to them. While we continue to navigate our new normal of COVID-19, new virtual events were added, featuring UTD’s own Galerstein Gender Center Making Money Moves, students explored what feminism meant to them, and during Minority Health Month students learned basic ways to help maintain your physical health and the importance of diet and activity. Recommendations: to include more face to face interaction but in a safe way. Title: Harambee: Night of Recognition & Awards 2021 Registration: N/A Attendance: YouTube Views 67; Facebook Views 60 Objective: The Harambee: Night of Recognition & Awards is an annual co-sponsored End- of-Year banquet to recognize the academic achievements, campus involvement, and leadership excellence of African and African American students. Event Summary: Harambee: A Night of Recognition & Awards was held April 25, 2021 in a live virtual format. This year’s theme was “The Beauty of Black Excellence”, which celebrated the strength, loyalty and self-confidence within the African American community as we continue to build bridges, break barriers and become one tribe, while highlighting students works of excellence and leadership. Students from the Black Student Alliance (BSA), Black Student for Public Health, Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA), National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE), National Association for Black Accountants (NABA), Tau Pi Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated, Sigma Mu Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, and Tau Xi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and other African and African American student groups that have worked with the Multicultural Center were recognized for their achievements. Student leaders from each of these organizations and groups also participated in a planning committee to develop the program, theme, marketing campaign and over production of this year’s Harambee A Night of Recognition & Awards celebration. Each of the participating student organizations had the opportunity to recognize the individual efforts of its members. Recommendations: to look at other days to host event, adding more personality to the script and if in a virtual format to consider looking at other platforms to host event, like zoom, teams.

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Title: Multicultural Achievement Ceremony 2021 Registration: 97 Attendance: YouTube Views 250; Facebook Views 238 Objective: The goal of the program is to uplift and celebrate the academic achievements of underrepresented minority students at UT Dallas. Event Summary: The fourth annual Multicultural Achievement Ceremony was a live event held on May 2, 2021via YouTube & Facebook. The Multicultural Achievement Ceremony recognized just over 300 graduating seniors representing the class of 2021. This ceremony included the Undergraduate Success Scholars and Cultural Scholars from the Office of Undergraduate Education, the Diversity Scholars Program within the Department of Community Engagement, Academic Bridge program within the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and the cultural student groups supported by the Multicultural Center made up the honorees. Recommendations: look to host next event in person. *Title: Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference 2021 Registration: 15 Attendance: N/A Objective: This conference covers history, leadership & networking skills, and self-improvement techniques. In addition, the conference values clarification and use corporate America to inspire and motivate the intellect of young Black collegians to be productive leaders of tomorrow. Event Summary: The following includes students who were selected to attend SBSLC conference. Due to COVID-19 the SBSLC Conference 2021 was canceled. Ellen McKay, Leroy Arthur, Stephen Kamau, Chizuruoke Chukwuemeka Ukachi-Nwata, Levi Alexander, Amma Prempeh, Ehsan Rashed, Uchechukwu Nzedibe, Isaiah Francis, and Ola-olu Olaleye. Dominique James, Maria Hernandez, Jenelle Boyce, Gabrielle Brewer and Belten Langmia. Recommendations: It would be great to host this next MAC in person. Title: Big Conference on Black Student Government 2021 Registration: 10 Attendance: 8 Objective: The Big XII Conference on Black Student Government included a variety of speakers, leadership and networking skills. In addition, the conference is committed to uplift and empower or community through leadership, academic excellence, spirituality and political action to enhance our Black legacy. Event Summary: The Big XII Conference on Black Student Government was held February 26-27, 2021in a virtual format. This year’s theme for the conference was “Bridging Community: Forging Our Future Together” it explored the many issues that face African American students on their respective campuses. These issues included Black Lives Matter support, addressing systematic racism, COVID-19 implications for black students, retention, academic success, male/female relationships, addressing student apathy, financial management and many/other related topics. One student quoted “The impact of the conference was definitely felt. All of the speakers, presenters and even attendees were so uplifting and well spoken. I absolutely loved the conference and fell more empowered than ever to make a change on campus and in the community. I learned very specific skills in running student organizations that I can’t wait to apply.” Recommendations: N/A

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HISPANIC PROGRAM SUMMARIES Student Organizations

ALPHA LULAC SACNAS SPYCD SHPE MASA MAPS

Association of Latin Professionals of America League of United Latin American Citizens Society for the Advancement of Hispanic/Chicanos and Nat. Am. in Science Stop Pretending You Can’t Dance Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Mexican American Student Association Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students

Multicultural Greek Council ΩΔΦ ΣΛΑ ΣΛΓ ΚΔΧ ΛΘΦ

Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Incorporated. Sigma Lambda Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Incorporated. Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Incorporated. Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Incorporated

Title: VOICES: Hispanic Student Leadership Weekend Registration: 64 Attendance: 59 Objective: VOICES is a student success program offered by the Multicultural Center and is designed for all Latinx students who attend UT Dallas. Event Summary: VOICES: Hispanic Leadership Weekend is a program within Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations. This year’s virtual program students experienced breakout sessions and general sessions from Keynote Speaker Elba Garcia, the Career Center, Student Counseling, Financial Aid, BB&T, faculty and staff panel provided new and continuing students with advice and information for student success at UT Dallas including being courageous and represent the culture in a positive way. Program marketing and advertisement targeted new and returning Hispanic and Latinx undergraduate students through UTD emails, social media, campus media, Latinx and Hispanic student organizations along with outreach with the Undergraduate Success Scholars program within the Office of Undergraduate Education and to members of the Latinx Student Success Network. Team building activities were built into the day’s programming in order to gain knowledge of Latinx cultures encourage positive peer interaction. Recommendations: Including ads/announcements during the 10 min0break sessions, make scholarships a segment session, include performances and have a plan B- have video or activity. Title: Women in Social Engagement, Discussion Group Registration: 142 Attendance: 181 Objective: Women in Social Engagement (WISE) is a women of color discussion group developed as a collaborative effort from the Student Counseling Center and the Multicultural Center. Event Summary: The WISE program designed for URM women to build community together and to provide a brave space for dialogue and support. WISE was created to continue that safe space for all URM women on campus. WISE offered students multiple opportunities to meet with members of the Multicultural Center and the Student Counseling Center and speak to issues important to them. While we continue to navigate our new normal of COVID-19, new virtual

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events were added, featuring UTD’s own Galerstein Gender Center Making Money Moves, students explored what feminism meant to them, and during Minority Health Month students learned basic ways to help maintain your physical health and the importance of diet and activity. Recommendations: To include more face-to-face interaction but in a safe and healthy way. Title: Latinx Leadership Gala Registration: N/A Attendance: YouTube Views: 127; Facebook Views 83 Objective: The Latinx Leadership Gala formally known as Hispanic Leadership Banquet is an annual co-sponsored End-of-Year banquet to recognize the academic achievements, campus involvement, and leadership excellence of Latinx American students. Event Summary: The Latinx Leadership Gala was held April 24, 2021in a virtual format. This year’s theme was Resilience Beyond Borders’. The theme celebrated the resilience, the ability to adapt to life’s recent events and overcome its challenges within the Latinx American community as we continue to preserve towards a better future, while highlighting students works of excellence and leadership. This year we have over 10 Latinx student organizations participate in a planning committee, chaired by a Student Success Assistant to develop the program, theme, marketing campaign, and over production of this year’s Latinx Leadership Gala celebration. Each of the participating student organizations had the opportunity to recognize individual efforts of its members, as well as, their new executive board for the upcoming school year. Recommendations: N/A Title: Student Conference on Latino Affairs (SCOLA) 2021 Registration: 18 Attendance: 12 Objective: The conference covers a wide range of speakers ranging from professional within the academic, government, business and media sector. It provides a forum for students to discuss significant issues that impact the Latinx community and to foster exemplary leadership and professional development among members. Event Summary: The Student Conference on Latino Affairs was held March 13, 2021in a virtual format. This year’s theme for the conference was “Del Pasado al Futuro: Reframing our Masterpiece”, it explored racial identity within the Hispanic community, leadership, professional development, and celebrated cultural creativity through keynote speakers, breakout sessions, workshops and cultural performers. To attend SCOLA, students have to complete an application with a resume attached and attend pre-travel meeting. This year UT-Dallas was represented by 12 students from Latinx, Hispanic and African American from the Mexican American Student Association, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority, Incorporated, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Incorporated, Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Incorporated, Minority Association for Pre-Medical Students, ODCE Diversity Scholars Program, Student Success Assistants, and Undergraduate Success Scholars (USS) program. One student quoted ‘lots of impacts, one notable impact is to take time as a leader to care for myself and not to overwhelm myself as a young adult.” Recommendations: N/A

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ASIAN PROGRAM SUMMARIES Student Organizations

Advancements of Indian Opportunity Alpha Kappa Delta Phi International Sorority, Incorporated Arab Student Association Campus Chinese Bible Study Campus Chinese Christian Fellowship Chinese Dancing Crew Filipino Student Association Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Scholars Indian Cultural Association Laksh Indian Dance Team Rangam Indian Classical Dance Team South Asian American Voter Empowerment UTD Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers-UTD Chapter Vietnamese International Network of Culture, Education, and Friendship Vietnamese Student Association

Title: M.O.V.E Asian American Pacific Islander Student Leadership Retreat 2021 Registration: 22 Attendance: 33 Objective: Promote the campus resources to students, engage them in insightful discussions, and interact amongst each other. Event Summary: M.O.V.E Retreat is a new initiative for the MC within the Asian American Pacific Islander community. This year’s theme was “More Than a Modal or Number”. During the virtual program students experienced breakout session and general sessions from Keynote Speaker Farzana Nayani, The Galestien Gender Center, Counseling Center, International Student Center, faculty panel provided new and continuing students with advice and information for student success at UT Dallas including educating and empowering students to network and develop relations among Asian American Pacific Islander students. This year’s program gave space for students to talk about issues and challenges they face and opportunities for leadership and development. One student quoted “I gained comfort and confidence in challenging the barriers that keep me from seeking mental healthcare as an AAIP.”

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RETENTION: LEADERSHIP, TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT (STUDENTS) African-American Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference (SBSLC), Cancelled due to COVID-19. College Station, Texas MC and USS Staff (2) Students (15) Ellen McKay, Leroy Arthur, Stephen Kamau, Chizuruoke Chukwuemeka Ukachi-Nwata, Alexander Bias, Amma Prempeh, Ehsan Rashed, Uchechukwu Nzedibe, Isaiah Francis, and Ola-olu Olaleye. Dominique James, Maria Hernandez, Jenelle Boyce, Gabrielle Brewer and Belten Langmia, Stephen Kamau, Stephane Lupulu, and Ehsan Rashed. Big XII Conference on Black Student Government Virtual (Zoom) Alexander Bias, Jenelle Boyce, Gabrielle Brewer, Isaiah Francis, Maria Hernandez, Belten Langmia, Ellen McKay, Chizuruoke Ukachi-Nwata Hispanic

Student Conference on Latinx Affairs (SCOLA), Virtual (Zoom) MC Staff (1) and Students (13) Alexa Dinklang, Maria Hernandez, Sihanya Rocha, Kevin Patterson, Daniel Valdez, Anahi Hernandez, Valeria Salinas-Lopez, Sofia Daniela Murtha, Anabella Summer, Elias Lozano, Eric Trejo Tovar, Jenelle Boyce, Luis Valdez. Asian M.O.V.E. Asian American & Pacific Islander Student Leadership Retreat 2021, Virtual (MS Teams). Arab Student Association, Campus Chinese Bible Study, Campus Chinese, Christian Fellowship, Chinese Dancing Crew, Filipino Student Association, Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Scholars, Indian Cultural Association , Laksh Indian Dance Team, Rangam Indian Classical Dance Team, South Asian American Voter Empowerment UTD Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers-UTD Chapter, Vietnamese International Network of Culture, Education, and Friendship, Vietnamese Student Association.

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DIVERSITY EDUCATION

Danny Cordova Assistant Director

Diversity Education

Klarissa Perez Coordinator

Diversity Education

TOTAL PRESENTATIONS AND PROGRAMS: 45 TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 1,538

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Count Attendance Presentations 35 1,193 Programs 10 345 Total 45 1,538

Presentations__________________________________________________________________ Date Type Audience Topic Attendance 07/30 Presentation Comet Camp Diversity 200 08/03 Presentation ResHall Diversity 40 08/06 Presentation ResHall Diversity/Difficult Dialogues 20 08/07 Presentation Ambassadors Diversity 10 08/18 Presentation BBS Center for Brain Health Competency 70 09/14 Presentation FYLs Diversity 20 09/15 Presentation FYLs Diversity 20 09/16 Presentation FYLs Diversity 20 09/17 Presentation FYLs Diversity 20 09/24 Presentation WISE Diversity 15 10/06 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 10/06 Presentation Comm. Engage. Mentors (Pt.1) Diversity 30 10/08 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 10/08 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 10/08 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 10/08 Presentation LLC CDI Diversity 06 10/09 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 10/12 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 10/13 Presentation Freshman Seminar Implicit Bias 20 10/13 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 10/13 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 10/14 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 10/15 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 10/15 Presentation Graduate Student Assoc. Diversity 50 10/20 Presentation Comm. Engage. Mentors (Pt.2) Diversity 30 10/22 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 10/28 Presentation Freshman Seminar Div. 101 20 11/10 Presentation BBS Center for Brain Health Implicit Bias 70 12/08 Presentation LSAMP Diversity 20 02/01 Presentation FYLs Diversity 20 02/02 Presentation FYLs Diversity 20 02/03 Presentation FYLs Diversity 20 03/06 Presentation Undergrad. Success Scholars Diversity 60 03/10 Presentation SOC L.U.N.A.R. Diversity 06 03/26 Presentation GEMS Competency 06 04/19 Presentation SOC L.U.N.A.R. Competency 20

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04/20 Presentation BBS Center for Brain Health Diversity 70 04/22 Presentation Delta Sigma Pi Diversity 20 05/19 Presentation Orientation Leaders Competency 50 06/07 Presentation SUAAB/Meteor Theatre Competency 10 06/09 Presentation Comm.Engagement (1) Competency 8 06/09 Presentation Comm.Engagement (2) Competency 8 Programs______________________________________________________________________ 08/25 Program CCC1: Harold Steward Systemic Racism 70 11/10 Program CCC2: Jerry Hawkins Systemic Racism 60 01/26 Program CCC3: Priscilla Escobedo 60 03/30 Program CCC4: Stephanie Drenka 35 02/03 Program Cultures & Cinema: Homecoming 07 03/04 Program What’s the Deal: No Role (Jacqueline Prince) 27 03/11 Program What’s the Deal: Advocacy (Monica Cox) 39 04/01 Program What’s the Deal: Islam (Isa ibn Matta) 26 04/22 Program What’s the Deal: Multiethnic Identity (Jasmine Hunt) 23 12/11 Program Div. Ed. Advisory Council 15 SIGNIFICANT EVALUATION REPORT DATA POINTS Comet Cultural Conversations 85% of participants reported an increase in knowledge of systemic racism. 87% of participants reported that the quality of these programs was above average. Diversity Education Presentations 88% of participants reported that the quality of these presentations was above average. 87% of participants reported an increase in understanding of the topic presented. What’s The DEAL Series 100% of participants reported that the quality of these programs was above average. 100% of participants reported an increase in awareness of the topic presented.

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PCOVID-19 ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM NOTES As we continue to adjust to the campus protocols, we have continued to adjust the programs within Diversity Education. Diversity Dialogues (Live, in person version) The program continues to be on hold. We hope to continue this program in the future when we can have live events with food. This program is not possible to host online in a virtual format. Online Diversity Education Module This module was designed to be a part of the university compliance training for student employees. This program was discontinued in the middle of the year as the compliance department switched to standard purchase online training application that will be utilized for the university faculty, staff and students. Div. 101 First Year Seminar Course The Div. 101 presentation was designed specifically for the freshman seminar courses. The undergraduate education department underwent some staff changes which affected the partnership with the courses along with COVID19 protocol changes. We continued to offer this presentation to instructors that individually reached out to the Center and requested this in their respective classes. We will continue to offer this presentation for those that request this. This program will be evaluated and will continue in the following year. Diversity Advisory Council The Council met once over this reporting year in a virtual format. Due to the COVID protocols and campus changes, this council did not feel was needed to meet regularly. The council was designed to discuss diversity education programs. Since these programs were limited. The need for the council feedback and discussions were not as needed. This council will continue to be evaluated and will continue in the following year.

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PROGRAM SUMMARIES Title: Comet Cultural Conversations Series Registration 393 Attendance: 225 Objective: Systemic Racism Event Summary: The Comet Cultural Conversations were designed to educate on systemic racism from various diversity perspectives and focused on the Dallas area. Topics included African American, Hispanic, and Asian history of systemic racism in the Dallas area. The series were all virtual and held on the TEAMS platform. The program featured a guest speaker for the first hour, breakout room conversation, then and open Q&A with the speaker. Recommendations: Keep overall structure and format. Continue to include other topic areas such as Native American, Jewish and Gender. Title: What’s the DEAL Series Registration: 137 Attendance: 120 Objective: Diversity Education Workshops and Resources Event Summary: What’s the D. E. A. L.? (Diversity, Education, Action, and Leadership) is the Multicultural Center, Diversity Education, has an annual Spring Workshop series designed to educate students on various diversity topics. These programs were created for students with the goal for them to become culturally competent members of the UT Dallas community and to increase their awareness on diversity topics. The more we learn and understand diversity and respect the part of people’s identities, the more understanding we will be as leaders, friends, and members of the UT Dallas community. Recommendations: Keep overall structure and format. Continue to create relationships with students to continue to include the wanted/needed topics.

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UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE SERVICE

Arthur Gregg Living Our Values Task Force (LOV) URM Recruitment and Retention Taskforce (Enrollment Services) UTD First Gen. Committee New Student Orientation Committee Black Faculty Staff Alliance Executive Sponsor UTD ERG Advisory Board VPDEI Search Committee

Danny Cordova

Student Affairs Professional Development Committee Student Affairs Prof. Dev. Social Sub-Committee Plano ISD Diversity Council North Texas Diversity Council

Bruce August, Jr.

Weeks of Welcome Planning Committee Student Affairs Professional Development Committee: Onboarding New Student Engagement Board: Service Learning Subcommittee African American Student Success Taskforce Latinx Student Success Network Men Arriving Ready for Success Initiative Committee Chair, Welcome Back Block Party Committee Living Our Values – Orientation Subcommittee Office of Diversity & Community Engagement Mission Subcommittee Development & Alumni Relations Comet Values Committee

Destiney Tolbert

Cultural Programs Committee (NSEB) New Student Engagement Board #BLM Planning Committee Group URM Committee African American Student Success Task Force Latinx American Student Success Task Force Student Organization Advisor: Black Student Alliance Black Faculty Staff Alliance Asian American ERG

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Klarissa Perez Latino Faculty & Staff Alliance (Employee Resource Group) African American Student Success Task Force Latinx American Student Success Task Force Student Organization Advisor:

o Jolt o Queer, Trans, People of Color (QTPOC) o Omega Delta Phi Faternity Inc.

Adrienne Watson

Black Faculty & Staff Alliance African American Student Success Task Force Latinx American Student Success Task Force

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PRESENTATIONS

Arthur Gregg Closing Session, Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education

Board State Conference, March 2021 LeaderShape

Bruce August, Jr.

Social Media 101 for Student Employees, September 2020 Online Resources & Working from Home 101 for Student Employees, September 2020 Multicultural & Intercultural Center Engagement, September 2020 Arts & Humanities Teach In: Diversity Work at UTD, October 2020 Living C.O.M.E.T.S. Values Focus Groups, Summary Of Data And Findings, Office of

Development and Alumni Relations, UT Dallas, Summer 2021 Ecumenical Services, Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education Board

State Conference, March 2021

Danny Cordova Diversity 101 Implicit Bias Cultural Competency

Destiney Tolbert

UTD-LSAMP Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Presentation University Career Center: Overcoming Bias Panel Texas Leads for You Workshop Multicultural Center Orientation Graduate Student Assembly Diversity- Seminar Series

Klarissa Perez

Facilitator: Culture of Equity training Diversity 101 (Multicultural Center Presentation) Comet Camp Comets Cultural Conversations

Adrienne Watson

How to Be an Anti-racist: McDermott Scholars book discussion Moving the Needle: Setting the Foundation for Achieving Diversity, Equity &

Inclusion

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TRAVEL /PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (STAFF)

Arthur Gregg Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education Conference The Big BANG Conference NCORE (virtually)

Bruce August, Jr.

Supporting DACA/Undocumented Student Webinar for UT Dallas Faculty and Staff Lead Where You Are: Lunch and Learn Conference Technology Manager Chair, Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher

Education Virtual Conference (TABPHE) Online Event Production through StreamYard, Black Greek Leadership Consortium Office of Diversity & Community Engagement Professional Development Day Microsoft Teams Training, UT Dallas AABHE Webinar: It’s a Different World: Strategies to Support Faculty and Students

Danny Cordova Numerous professional development webinars Diversity related books and articles Research into local indigenous history

Destiney Tolbert

Big XII Conference on Black Student Government Student Conference on Latino Affairs NCORE (Virtual Conference) BigBang Conference Panel Discussion: Expand Your Career Path in the Field of Student Affairs in

Higher Education Administration Moving the Needle: Setting the Foundation for Achieving Diversity, Equity and

Inclusion in the Division of Student Affairs. Klarissa Perez

LinkedIn Modules via McDermott Library Access Spotify Podcasts (topics vary) Center for Teaching and Learning

Adrienne Watson NCORE (Virtual Conference) Pryor Learning-New Manager/Supervisor training

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ADDENDUM Items not included in this year’s report due to Covid-19 adjustments and protocols.

Programs 4 Year Profile

Visitors Profile

Conference Room Usage

MC Satisfaction Survey Summary

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